Deborah Ann ConwayAM (born 8 August 1959) is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actress. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their top-5 hit "Man Overboard".
Conway performs solo and has a top-20 hit single with "It's Only the Beginning" (1991). The associated album, String of Pearls, also peaked in the top 20. She won the ARIA Award for Best Female Artist at the 1992 awards. Her next album, Bitch Epic, reached the top 20 in November 1993. Conway organised and performed on the Broad Festivals from 2005 to 2008—show-casing contemporary Australian female artists.
She started Media Studies at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) but left in 1979.[3] Next, she attended University of Melbourne for an arts degree with modelling and singing to support her way through.[1][4] A billboard campaign for Bluegrass jeans featured Conway's nude backside and the phrase "Get yours into Bluegrass".[1][5] Other ads with Conway as a model include Big M and Crunchie.[6]
Career
1959–1980: Early years and The Benders
At the age of 18, Conway started playing guitar, and in 1980 she joined the Benders as a vocalist whilst still at university.[7] Her father was so concerned when she joined the pop band that he sent her to a psychiatrist.[1] Other members of The Benders included Neville Aresca (bass guitar), Les Barker (guitars, vocals), Dorland Bray (drums, vocals), John Campbell, Daniel Solowiej and Greg Thomas (guitar, keyboards).[8][9] They performed mostly in Melbourne pubs playing original material—mostly written by Conway and Thomas as well as Blondie and Devo cover versions.[4] Conway also wrote songs with Bray.[1]
Conway had minor roles in the films Mallacoota Stampede (1979) and Hard Knocks (1980).[6][10]
1981–1991: Do-Ré-Mi to Rose Amongst Thorns
In 1981, Conway and Bray relocated to Sydney and formed pop rock band Do-Ré-Mi, with Helen Carter on bass guitar and Stephen Philip on guitar.[11][12][13] They recorded two albums, Domestic Harmony (1985) and The Happiest Place in Town (1988), and eight singles.[8] Their best performed hit, "Man Overboard", peaked at No. 5 on the Australia Kent Music Report Singles Chart and became the eighth-highest-positioned Australian song on the 1985 End of Year Chart.[14][15] In the early 1980s, Conway was the domestic partner of Paul Hester—drummer for Deckchairs Overboard and then Split Enz—before he left for Los Angeles in 1985 and formed Crowded House there.[1][16]
Conway played the lead role of "Julie" in an Australian teenage road movie called Running on Empty, which was released in 1982.[6][17]
In late 1983, Conway supplied vocals for actor Tracy Mann's singing in the ABC Television series Sweet and Sour (1984), including the hit title song, "Sweet and Sour".[18] Two soundtrack albums and three singles from the series were credited to The Takeaways (and various artists).[19] Conway sang lead vocals on half the songs and backing vocals on almost all the rest.[18] Conway had a minor role in The Coca-Cola Kid (1985).[6][10]
Do-Ré-Mi disbanded in 1988 not long after their second album was released.[7][11]Rolling Stone (Australia) named Conway 'Best Australian Female Singer' for that year.[21]
Deborah Conway's debut solo album was released in October 1991, titled String of Pearls, which peaked at No. 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart.[22] The album was produced by Richard Pleasance, Joe Hardy and Michael den Elzen.[8][21] Singles from the album include "It's Only the Beginning" which reached No. 19 on the ARIA Singles Chart in August, "Under My Skin" (December) and "Release Me" (February 1992),[1][22] all three of which were co-written with Scott Cutler. For her work on the album, she won ARIA Award for Best Female Artist at the ARIA Music Awards of 1992.[23] To support the releases, Deborah Conway and the Mothers of Pearl was formed with Alan Harding (keyboards), Peter Jones (drums, ex-Drawcards and Rose Amongst Thorns), Bill McDonald (bass guitar) and Willy Zygier (guitar).[8][21] Conway and Zygier became domestic partners and have written and performed much of Conway's subsequent material.[3]
Conway released her second album Bitch Epic in 1993, which peaked at No. 18 and was produced by Jim Rondinelli and Zygier.[8][22] The cover features an upper body shot of a topless Conway, covered in Nutella and cream,[21] as she is about to eat a slice of cake thereby illustrating the concept of Gluttony for ABC TV mini-series Seven Deadly Sins (1993).[7][24] Conway, Paul Kelly, Vika Bull and Renée Geyer provided vocals and song writing for the related soundtrack.[25] An eight-track extended play of live songs was added to Bitch Epic to form 1994's Epic Theatre, which was produced by Zygier.[8][21] Her backing band were Zygier, Harding, McDonald and Hughie Benjamin (ex-Yothu Yindi) on drums.[21]
Ultrasound, an experimental band, with Conway, Zygier, McDonald and Hester, recorded and produced their self-titled album, Ultrasound (1995).[26]
Conway recorded a new album My Third Husband with Dave Anderson producing and, after returning to Australia in mid-1997, it was released in October 1997.[8][21]
In May 2000, Conway released her fourth studio album, Exquisite Stereo, on Shock Records.[21] Her backing band, Deborah Conway and the City of Women, was Zygier, Cameron Reynolds (samples), Edmond Amendola (bass guitar) and Dave Williams (drums)—the latter two are members of Augie March.[8][21] This was much more of a rock record than previous releases, it "was a mature album featuring a wide variety of styles, from acoustic love song ("You Come to Earth") and Radiohead-styled epics ("Interzone") to full tilt rockers ("I Lay Down on My Pillow and Cried All Night")".[7][21]
Following Exquisite Stereo, Conway played the lead role of Patsy Cline in the Australian stage production of Always... Patsy Cline and recorded a covers album of Cline's songs, called PC: The Songs of Patsy Cline (2001), which was produced by Zygier and Reynolds.[8] She supported the release by touring as Deborah Conway and the Patsy Clones which contained Zygier and Reynolds, and Gerry Hale.[citation needed]
Only the Bones is Conway's compilation album which was released in 2002. The cover showed Conway at a table picking over a meal. The album was re-titled Definitive Collection, with a different cover, and re-released in 2004.[citation needed]
Conway performed Dreaming Transportation: Voice Portraits of the First Women of White Settlement at Port Jackson which was scripted and directed by Andrée Greenwell.[27] The performance premiered at the Sydney Festival in 2003 and a year later was staged again, at the Sydney Opera House. Performing with Conway were Susan Prior, Christine Douglas, Amie McKenna and Jeannie Van de Velde and musicians, Hope Csuturos (violin), James Nightingale (clarinet, saxophone), Jane Williams (cello), Kim Poole (guitar/mandolin), Denise Papaluca (piano), Mardi Chillingworth (double bass) and Jared Underwood (percussion).[27] The work was inspired by a series of poems by Jordie Albiston.[27]
2004–2016: Conway and Zygier
In August 2004, Conway released Summertown, under the name of Conway and Zygier on the Another Intercorps label and was produced by Conway, Zygier and Hale.[8] It has a 1960s folk-pop sound to it. Conway and Zygier supported sales by appearing in fans' homes.[4] Brisbane group, george, recorded Do-Ré-Mi's hit single "Man Overboard", with Conway providing vocals, on their 2004 single "Still Real".[28]Katie Noonan from george also performed with Conway in 2005. In 2005, Conway provided vocals for Man Bites God's single "Bride of the Dragon" from their album The Popular Alternative.[citation needed]
In 2008, Conway was appointed artistic director of the Queensland Music Festival, which runs biennially in late July in odd-numbered years.[34]
In May 2010, Conway and Zygier released Half Man Half Woman, which was produced by James Black (from stage band for RocKwiz) who also provided keyboards.[34] The album included a track, "Into the Blue" recorded with Conway and Zygier joined by their three daughters, Syd, Alma and Hettie on vocals.[35]The Age's Michael Dwyer observed that Conway and Zygier did not compromise, "from [Zygier's] jaunty Wes Montgomery-styled instrumental overture to a charming banjo lullaby featuring their three daughters, it fairly saunters with a relaxed resolve to be whatever it wants to be".[36]
Stories of Ghosts, released in February 2013, explored Old Testament themes, and received positive reviews in the Australian music press.[citation needed]
In August 2016, Conway announced the release of her ninth studio album Everybody's Begging on 2 September 2016. The album is a collection of mainly acoustic songs about an unbeliever's take on Old Testament themes from a Jewish perspective. This was accompanied by a tour in August and September.[37]
2023: Book of Life
In September 2023, Conway and Zygier premiered their musical theatrical show, Songs From The Book of Life, at the Brisbane Festival, based on Conway's forthcoming memoir.[38] On 3 October 2023, Conway published her memoir, Book of Life.[39] It was shortlisted for the 2024 Nib Literary Award.[40]
Portraits and other recognition
In 1996, a portrait of Conway as Medusa, painted by Rosemary Valadon, was a finalist in the Archibald Prize. The prize is awarded for the "best portrait painting preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or Politics".[41]
Conway was in a relationship with Paul Hester before he moved to Los Angeles in 1985.[3][43] Conway is married to guitarist and musical collaborator Willy Zygier.[3] The pair had met in 1991 when Conway was vetting guitarists for her touring band, they formed a domestic partnership in that decade and married in 2007.[3] As of September 2016, they have three adult daughters, Syd, Alma and Hettie, who are all musicians.[3][35]
Discography
Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Conway was honoured as a Member of the Order of Australia in January 2020, "For significant service to the performing arts as a singer, songwriter and producer."[57][58] In December 2022 she was inducted into the Music Victoria Hall of Fame.[59]
ARIA Music Awards
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They Commenced in 1987.[60]
Countdown was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster ABC-TV from 1974 to 1987, it presented music awards from 1979 to 1987, initially in conjunction with magazine TV Week. The TV Week / Countdown Awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards.[62][63]
The Don Banks Music Award was established in 1984 to publicly honour a senior artist of high distinction who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to music in Australia.[64] It was founded by the Australia Council in honour of Don Banks, Australian composer, performer and the first chair of its music board.
The Helpmann Awards is an awards show, celebrating live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group Live Performance Australia since 2001.[66] Note: 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016.
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